On Fri, 2008-06-27 at 15:32 +0200, Thomas Kemptner wrote: > I tried to configure a wlan card with ath5k on linux, but it is not > possible to change the mode from "managed" to "ad-hoc". > > >iwconfig wlan1 mode ad-hoc > > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan1 ; Device or resource busy.
It's a known limitation of mac80211. You need to bring the interface down to change the mode. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin _______________________________________________ ath5k-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ath5k.org/mailman/listinfo/ath5k-users
